Cubs capitalize on out-of-form Kershaw
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Clayton Kershaw struggled, and again the Los Angeles Dodgers failed to provide the necessary run support for their All-Star ace.
The left-hander had won three in a row and brought a 16-inning scoreless streak into Tuesday night’s start against the Chicago Cubs only to falter early in a 3-2 defeat.
Kershaw (13-8) gave up two runs — one earned — and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings. He struck out nine and walked three in his shortest outing since going five innings on April 23 at the New York Mets.
He received two or fewer runs of support for the 15th time in 28 starts this season.
“You’re never going to have your best stuff every game, so you’ve got to figure out ways to get some guys out regardless,” Kershaw said. “There were too many guys on base, too many walks, too many times behind in the count.
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t go deeper into the game for our guys, but I was just trying to limit the damage.”
Cody Ransom hit Kershaw in the left ankle leading off the sixth, and the pitcher departed the game four batters later after giving up a two-out single to Starlin Castro, who ended an 0 for 13 career drought against him.
“He’s got electric stuff, and to me he’s the best pitcher in the game,” said the Cubs’ Dioner Navarro, who was Kershaw’s personal catcher when he was with the Dodgers two years ago. “We got his pitch count up a little bit. It was a great group effort.”
After losing 6-2 against Zack Greinke in the series opener, the Cubs caught Kershaw on an off-night although his major league-leading ERA remained at 1.72.
Travis Wood outpitched Kershaw in the matchup of All-Star lefties, and Navarro and Castro had run-scoring singles to help the Cubs end an eight-game skid against first-place Los Angeles.
In other games, it was: Brewers 7, Pirates 6; Braves 2, Indians 0; Nationals 2, Marlins 1; Mets 5, Phillies 0; Angels 6, Rays 5; Cardinals 6, Reds 1; and White Sox 4, Astros 3.
Elsewhere, it was: Royals 6, Twins 1; Giants 5, Rockies 3; Rangers 4, Mariners 3 (10); Diamondbacks 10, Padres 9 (10); A’s 6, Tigers 3 (5 1/2); Red Sox 13, Orioles 2; and Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1.
In Atlanta, rookie Alex Wood pitched five-plus strong innings and Elliot Johnson had a two-run triple as the Braves held off Cleveland, improving the majors’ best record to 79-52.
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